Prebiotic chemicals—amino acid and phosphorus—in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Altwegg, Kathrin, Balsiger, Hans, Bar-Nun, Akiva, Berthelier, Jean-Jacques, Bieler, Andre, Bochsler, Peter, Briois, Christelle, Calmonte, Ursina +24 more·2016·Science Advances
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